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Comprehension and Conversation

1. 
   Where did the rail crash occur?
   
2. 
   Were there any casualties in the crash? (killed/injured)
   
3. 
   Have the lines been cleared yet?
   
4. 
   Are the trains still running normally? (trains/ delayed)
   
5. 
   Where has heavy snow fallen?
   
6. 
   What are conditions like? (many roads/ traffic)
   
7. 
   What has happened to Castlepool?
   

1. 
   What happened to Mr. Tiger’s office during the week-end?
   
2. 
   Was any money taken?
   
3. 
   How was the office left?
   
4. 
   Who was the burglary discovered by?
   
5. 
   When was the burglary discovered?
   

Conversation
Joe Burns is a famous racing-driver. He is being interviewed on a sports program.

Reporter: You’ve had a very dangerous life, haven’t you,

Joe? I mean, you’ve almost been killed several

times, haven’t you?

Joe: Yes. I suppose that’s right.

Reporter: When was your worst accident?

Joe: I’d say last year. It was during the last British Grand

Prize. I smashed into a wall. The car was

completely ruined and my left leg was broken.

Luckily, nobody was killed.

Reporter: Is that the only time you’ve been very close to death?

Joe: No. Once, during the Mexican Grand Prize, two cars

in front of me had a bad accident. One of them ran

into the other. I swerved my car to avoid them and

hit the fence. My car was badly damaged but

luckily, I wasn’t even hurt.

Reporter: You must enjoy danger. I mean, you wouldn’t be a

racing-driver if you didn’t, would you?

Joe: I don’t know about that. I had a very frightening

experience quite recently.

I was frightened to death! I thought I was going to be

killed at any moment.

Reporter: Really? When was that? During your last race?

Joe: No. It was on my way to this studio. I had to drive

though London during the lunch hour.
Questions

1. 
   What has almost happened to Joe several times?
   
2. 
   When was his worst accident? Describe it! (wall,car,leg)
   
3. 
   What happened during the Mexican Grand Prix? (two cars. Swerved his car.)
   
4. 
   What did Joe think was going to happen to him very recently?
   
5. 
   When did this last experience take place?
   

Exercise I. Put the verbs into a suitable tense in the passive.
Mary has just arrived home from work. Neil is already there.

Mary: Hi! I’m back. Sorry I’m late.

Neil: Hello. What kept you?

Mary: I had to use the ring road and I (1) __________ (stick)

in a traffic jam for forty minutes.

Neil: Why didn’t you use the usual route?

Mary: Because the road (2) ______________ (close) until

work on the access road to the new hospital (3)

____________(complete).

Neil: When is it due to (4) ___________________ (finish).

Mary: Well, the access road (5) ______________ (open) by

the Mayor next week, according to the newspaper, and

the health Minister (6) __________ (invite) to open

the hospital on the same day, but they don’t know yet

whether she’s definitely coming.

Neil: A lot of money (7) _______________ (waste) if she

doesn’t come.

Mary: Why’s that?

Neil: Haven’t you seen all those rose bushes that (8)

_________ (plant) round the hospital?

Mary: So? They’ll be lovely for the patients.

Neil: But the patients won’t be able to see them, because

they’re round the entrance, and the wards look out in

the other direction. A lot of people protested about it,

but all their complaints (9) _____________ (ignore)

until it was too late.

Mary: If they had money to spare, it (10) _______________

(spend) on facilities for patients, not on making the

front look pretty for the Minister.

Neil: Absolutely. It’s typical of this local council. They (11)

_____________ (elect) to save money, but they do just

the opposite.

Mary: Perhaps they (12) ______________ (throw) out at the

next election.

Neil: I hope so. Now, are you ready for supper?
Exercise II. The future and modal verbs in the passive

A press conference is being held. Put in the correct form of the verbs.

Reporter: Can this new drug prolong human life?

Professor: Yes. We believe that human life can be prolonged

by the drug.
1. Reporter: Are you going to do any more tests on the drug?

Professor: Yes, further tests ___________________ soon.

2. Reporter: What _________ the drug _____________?

Professor: It will be called Big-Mag.

3. Reporter: Can people buy the drug now?

Professor: No, it ___________ by the public yet.

4. Reporter: Do you think the company should sell this drug?

Professor: Yes, I think Big-Mag __________ to anyone

who wants it.